That was Chronicle music critic Marty Racine’s summation of the seventh-annual Texxas Jam, held 30 years ago in the Astrodome.

The all-day concert, formally known as the Texxas World Music Festival, featured a somewhat diverse mix of rock acts at various stages of their careers. Rush, Ozzy Osbourne, .38 Special, Bryan Adams and Gary Moore made up the year’s lineup.

From Racine’s review of the June 8, 1984, concert:

“Perhaps the days of mega-concerts are all but over. Such events used to showcase a sense of communal consciousness; now — and most major touring acts are staying away from these affairs this season — they’re just an excuse to get drunk.

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“This one was marred by fights and medical cases. Ambulances lined up by the Houston Sports Association’s loading dock like cabs at the airport, and throughout the evening they were carting off patients like hotcakes.”

Oh the music wasn’t bad, Racine wrote. Ozzy and Rush were on their game. But the atmosphere and attendance left much to be desired.

Racine continued:

“This was a macho scene, male oriented to the max. Young toughs roamed the Dome, because the entertainment featured no women, no blacks, no new wave — just headbanging noise that cools out male adolescent frustrations.”

Factor that in with the “dingy, slimy corridors of the Dome,” the overpriced hot dogs and flat beer, Racine wondered what many of us might have asked ourselves during a lackluster concert experience: